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Answers to Out of the Box 1


Out of the Box 1:  Only the Beginning
The Answers

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10        A in the B of R
            Amendments in the Bill of Rights

2          M for SS
            Mules for Sister Sarah

2          RD in a YW
            Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood

12        AM
            Angry Men

52        W in a Y
            Weeks in a Year

300      P in a PG
            Pins in a Perfect Game

366      D in a LY
            Days in a Leap Year

2          DD in DJ
            Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy

4          S in a Y
            Seasons in a Year

2          S of R in a B of KRB
            Scoops of Raisins in a Box of Kellogg's Raisin Bran


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